Ebook: Quantum Mechanics, Determinism, Causality, and Particles: An International Collection of Contributions in Honor of Louis de Broglie on the Occasion of the Jubilee of His Celebrated Thesis
- Tags: Theoretical Mathematical and Computational Physics
- Series: Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics 1
- Year: 1976
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Two important events in the history of physical sciences occurred re cently: the fiftieth anniversary of Quantum Mechanics and the Jubilee of Louis de Broglie's celebrated Thesis. These events occurred in the same period of time when the world honored de Broglie on the occa sion of his eightieth birthday. Some of de Broglie's friends, former students, and some people who used to know him and appreciate his personality decided to prepare an international volume for this cele brated occasion. Such a task was not very easy. It is always simpler to contribute in honor of famous people whose works and impact were great on a tech nical and pragmatic level than to contribute in honor of a person whose achievements were not only dominant in physical sciences themselves, but also had many important implications for the development of the whole branch of philosophy of sciences. Louis de Broglie, the man to whom we owe among other things the most fundamental notion of duality between waves and particles, be longs in a way to the Einsteinian school of thought. He never accepted literally the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. To him it was clear that this interpretation makes quantum mechanics incomplete and highly non-deterministic. He always believed that since the duality between waves and particles was an experimental fact, there should be some manifestation of the Schrodinger wave itself in the realistic world. De Broglie had to struggle much for this idea, which he never gave up.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
On the Creation of a Deeper Insight into What may Underlie Quantum Physical Law....Pages 1-10
The Measurement Theory of Everett and De Broglie’s Pilot Wave....Pages 11-17
Quantum Mechanics and Determinism....Pages 19-31
On Hidden Variables and Quantum Mechanical Probabilities....Pages 33-41
Experimental Status of Hidden Variable Theories....Pages 43-59
Pre-Quantum Mechanics. Introduction to Models with Hidden Variables....Pages 61-103
On the Foundations of Quantum Physics....Pages 105-116
Quantum Logic: Is It Necessarily Orthocomplemented?....Pages 117-135
The Stochastic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and the Theory of Measurement....Pages 137-146
Statistical Ensembles in Quantum Mechanics....Pages 147-158
Conditional Probability in Wave Mechanics....Pages 159-165
Classical Electrodynamics in Terms of a Direct Interparticle Hamiltonian....Pages 167-178
Theory of One-Dimensional Relativistic Elastic Continuum for the Model of Particles and Resonances....Pages 179-216
On the Photon Theory of L. De Broglie....Pages 217-225
From the Photon to the Graviton and to a General Theory of Corpuscular Waves....Pages 227-235
Possible Implications of De Broglie’s Wave-Mechanical Theory of Photon Behaviour....Pages 237-249
Back Matter....Pages 251-252
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-X
On the Creation of a Deeper Insight into What may Underlie Quantum Physical Law....Pages 1-10
The Measurement Theory of Everett and De Broglie’s Pilot Wave....Pages 11-17
Quantum Mechanics and Determinism....Pages 19-31
On Hidden Variables and Quantum Mechanical Probabilities....Pages 33-41
Experimental Status of Hidden Variable Theories....Pages 43-59
Pre-Quantum Mechanics. Introduction to Models with Hidden Variables....Pages 61-103
On the Foundations of Quantum Physics....Pages 105-116
Quantum Logic: Is It Necessarily Orthocomplemented?....Pages 117-135
The Stochastic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and the Theory of Measurement....Pages 137-146
Statistical Ensembles in Quantum Mechanics....Pages 147-158
Conditional Probability in Wave Mechanics....Pages 159-165
Classical Electrodynamics in Terms of a Direct Interparticle Hamiltonian....Pages 167-178
Theory of One-Dimensional Relativistic Elastic Continuum for the Model of Particles and Resonances....Pages 179-216
On the Photon Theory of L. De Broglie....Pages 217-225
From the Photon to the Graviton and to a General Theory of Corpuscular Waves....Pages 227-235
Possible Implications of De Broglie’s Wave-Mechanical Theory of Photon Behaviour....Pages 237-249
Back Matter....Pages 251-252
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